pscurr
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Post by pscurr on Dec 20, 2007 9:19:47 GMT -8
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Post by bcfcbcsscollector on Dec 20, 2007 19:44:45 GMT -8
I did a Google search on this CCG ship and found the following on bcmarina.com
Posted by hm on May 30, 2006, 4:40pm The Ready was indeed purchased in 1990 and it was indeed run aground, I believe after the new owner experienced engine problems. In my circumnavigation of the island in 1991, it was on the rocks off the entrance to Columbia Cove and in surprisingly good shape.
Quite some time back, but does this help??
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 30, 2010 21:26:56 GMT -8
Not Navy, but Canadian Coast Guard ship Cape Cockburn. - at French Creek marina, on 12/27/2010.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 24, 2011 19:45:48 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 24, 2011 22:26:12 GMT -8
Aww, the Tully. I love that ship. She's got a really great look for a modern-styled build. They make good use of her deckspace too. There's no real 'void' space on deck.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 18, 2011 22:52:08 GMT -8
Here you are, Retrovision! I have some photos I'll end up posting here too once the forum width has been upped.
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 18, 2011 22:58:26 GMT -8
I tip my hat in thanks, Viking. Now it's time for me to put up or shut up, though thankfully I have until the 31st with the same excuse
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 19, 2011 21:57:56 GMT -8
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Post by Dane on Oct 25, 2011 20:14:39 GMT -8
The Canadian Coast Guard will be gracing Canada's new plastic money. Specifically the $50 bill. More here- > www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/PS - this is kind of old news. I obviously live in isolation. Actually I was moving when the announcement was made. That's my excuse and I am sticking with it.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 25, 2011 20:42:36 GMT -8
Whatever happened to the Ready? So, whatever happened to the Ready? This: static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2426865.jpgAnother sad end to a great Canadian ship, no matter how small. She's wrecked in Columbia Cove on Vancouver Island on the south side of Brooks Peninsula.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 30, 2011 21:10:01 GMT -8
My grandfather lent me three of his photo albums from his time in the Canadian Coast Guard, so as I scan the pictures, I'll be posting them here. Most date back to the '80s or '90s, and I have some more recent shots already on the computer which I may or may not bother posting.
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Oct 30, 2011 22:07:56 GMT -8
So, whatever happened to the Ready? This: static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2426865.jpgAnother sad end to a great Canadian ship, no matter how small. She's wrecked in Columbia Cove on Vancouver Island on the south side of Brooks Peninsula. Ooh... I've sent that sad shot of the Ready to my brother in law. He won't be happy... he was captain of that vessel back in the late '60s.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 30, 2011 22:32:17 GMT -8
Here's my first scan, sort of a preview of what's to come:
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 31, 2011 21:54:06 GMT -8
Here's my first batch of scans, from this afternoon: Note: This thread will be literally inundated with pictures for the next few days, up to a week or two. If you have a problem with lots of pictures, just avoid this thread. Note again: All of these photos are from my grandfather's collection. Same rules as with my photos, please don't poach 'em. Thanks The American and Canadian Coast Guards respond to an oil rig fire in the Arctic. An old abandoned church in Cambridge Bay. Aboard the Martha L. Black when she was brand new. Mid-late '80s. The 'Black's props during an emergency drydocking up in the Northwest Territories. The 'Black up the slip. Down in the engine room. The John P. Tully, before she was painted in the current standard CG colours. A polar bear would rather not move for the ship. Either the Martha L. Black, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier, or a similar ice breaker. This Hudson's Bay Company store is up in Bellott Strait. It was abandoned in 1934. The CCGS Martha L. Black following the CCGS Pierre Radisson, which is in turn following the USS Polar Sea. More to come...
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 31, 2011 22:17:41 GMT -8
More: The John P. Tully, before she was painted with her current CG colours: Unloading cargo from the Martha L. Black. Notice the white husky dog in the canoe. Scientific expeditions often go along on the Northern trips and let off around the Arctic Circle. This is the Geomundo expedition. The Martha L. Black in drydock again, this time in Victoria, I think. A pocket cruiser. The CCGS Eckaloo, a smaller coastal icebreaker. Boats moored up alongside the Martha L. Black. The Eckaloo from a distance. The Norman McLeod Rogers. She's been retired from the Coast Guard for many years now, and she's currently working under the Chilean flag in Antarctica. The Norman McLeod Rogers at Ogden Point. Aboard the Black again. In the officers' dining room in either the 'Black or the Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier. More to come, tomorrow, I guess.
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Mirrlees
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Post by Mirrlees on Oct 31, 2011 22:39:07 GMT -8
Oh yes, the Norman Mcleod Rogers, the original Queen of Asbestos She was retired because her crews refused to work aboard her due to asbestos flaking everywhere. The Coast Guard decided it would be too costly to rid her of it and sold her to the Chilean Navy.
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Quatchi
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Engineering Officer - CCG
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Post by Quatchi on Nov 1, 2011 15:03:03 GMT -8
Either the Martha L. Black, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier, or a similar ice breaker. Looks like the CCGS Henry Larson to me. Shes a "Medium Icebreaker", the raised fo'c'sle gives her away from her three sisters. Nice pics Luke. Cheers,
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 1, 2011 17:41:31 GMT -8
Looks like the CCGS Henry Larson to me. Shes a "Medium Icebreaker", the raised fo'c'sle gives her away from her three sisters. Nice pics Luke. Cheers, All three ships have the raised forecastle. I just googled it, and as you say, it is the Henry Larsen. The type of crane is the difference. While the Larsen's crane is squarish looking, the Laurier and Black both have longer pole-like cranes. Note the 'E' in Larsen.
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Quatchi
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Post by Quatchi on Nov 1, 2011 18:22:26 GMT -8
The Henry Larsen is not in the same class as the Martha L. Black or the Sir Wililfred Laurier. The Henry Larson, Amundsen, Pierre Radisson, and Des Groseilliers are all type 1200 "Medium Icebreakers". The Martha L. Black, Ann Harvey, Edward Cornwallis, George R. Pearkes, Griffon, Sir Wilfred Laurier, and Sir Williams Alexander are all type 1100 "High Endurance - Light Icebreakers"
The 1200's are about 100m long while the 1100's are about 80m long. One other easy to note difference is that with the 1100's the helicopter shed extendeds over the helicopter pad to house a helicopter, but on the 1200's the helicopter shed does not interfere with the helicopter pad itself.
The Henry Larsen is the only type 1200 icebreaker with the raised fo'c'sle.
Cheers,
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 1, 2011 18:58:18 GMT -8
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Quatchi
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Post by Quatchi on Nov 1, 2011 19:09:21 GMT -8
Very Nice.
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 1, 2011 21:05:15 GMT -8
And, our last set. I always underestimate the speed of my scanner, I got all these done in about 30 minutes last night and a couple hours today. NOTE: For a couple photos in this section, I am not 100% sure of photography credit. If this is YOUR photo and you don't want it here, contact me and I'll remove it. The on-board menu on the Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the day of my grandfather's retirement in June 2009. (picture circa 1956) Not exactly Coast Guard, but the first ship my grandfather worked on, the MS Olav Bakke, a Norwegian merchant ship that travelled between Cuba and Europe. A model of the Olav Bakke. This was the second ship he worked on. A bunch of new locomotives aboard the Beljeanne. The Glendevon, the first ship my grandfather worked on in Canada: The ex-Norman McLeod Rogers in her current incarnation. She's based out of Chile, working in Antarctica. The Arctic Ivik. She was chartered by the CG for a couple years during the '90s to test out how the design would work out. It obviously didn't meet their expectations, because we didn't see a bunch of Ivik clones get built. Aboard the Laurier. The Laurier, during International Polar Year (see the blue logo on the side of the superstructure) **Buoys. That's all, folks! --There's still the more recent shots that I said I may or may not post. I think I'll wait awhile for those, if I even bother.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 1, 2011 21:13:29 GMT -8
Luke: I appreciate your work in scanning and posting these photos. Much appreciated, and a good easy chance to see the various ships of different sizes and styles. Brett Quatchi: - Thanks for sharing your CCG knowledge and history with us. That's also muchly appreciated. Great thread, guys.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 5, 2011 1:42:35 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 25, 2011 13:49:24 GMT -8
The CCGS Siyay on the same day that Scott photographed it. Leaving Active Pass, as seen from Sturdies Bay, with Mount Baker in the background:
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